Razor



No. 68,032. Patented Oct. 25, I898. H. GREAGEH.

RAZOR.

(Aipplication filed Feb. 28, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Witnesses Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN GREAGER, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,032, dated October25, 1898.

Application filed February 28, 1898. Serial No. 671,899- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN GREAGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razors;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

It is a well-known fact among barbers that the temper in razors isveryimperfect. Many of the higher grades as Well as the lower grades ofrazors fail to possess an even temper. They are softer attheir tip endand for a quarter of an inch (more or less) back from the end than isthe remainder of their edge, and for this reason many barbers are in thehabit of grinding off the end of their razors sufficiently to remove thesoft part in order that the entire cutting edge shall hold sharp equallyfor its length. This they dislike to do, as the razor is then shorterthan it should be. If the razor has been tempered in molten lead anddrawn to the proper color in oil, an even temper should result, and Ihave cometo the conclusion that the fault is mostly the result of thegrinding or concaving process, which is apt to destroy the temper moreat the extreme end than anywhere else.

The object of this invention is to improve the manufacture of razors tothe end that they may retain an even temper clear to their tip. Hence myinvention consists in forging a razor one-half inch (more or less)longer than its required or finishedlength and forming an indenture onboth sides at a point indicating the true or finished length, the falseend to be knocked off after grinding or concaving. By forming thisextension the foregoing imperfections will be efiectively avoided, asthe grinding and concaving process may be carried out in the usualmanner, for if the temper is drawn thereby from any portion it will befrom that part beyond the true end of the razor, and this extension maybe readily knocked off,leavin g only a thin ragged edge at the end to besmoothed, which will not afiect or in any way destroy the temper.

The invention will be fully understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, of which-- Figure 1 isan elevation showing a razor constructed in accordance with myimprovements and still retaining the extension. Fig. 2 is a similar Viewof a razor retaining my improved extension and showing a curvilinearindenture for the purpose of leaving the finished end of the razor ofdiiferent form than is that shown in Fig. 1.

A represents the handle, and B is the blade, of a razor, which is forgedsomewhat longer than required. The blade is provided with an indentureor a groove 0 on opposite sides, said groove being made straight acrossor curved, as shown, and the cutting edge 1') is preferably nicked, asat c, in order that the false end B may be broken off, after the bladehas been ground or concaved, without endangering the true point or tipof the razor, which might otherwise present a torn or ragged appearanceand require to be ground. By forming this nick c in line with thegrooves O on opposite sides of the blade the part B may be knocked 01f,leaving the true point I) of the razor as smooth and perfect aspossible. The grooves O and nick 0 may be made by dies, the latter beingset so as to leave only so ffioient metal between the blade proper andits extension or false end B to hold the one to the other during thegrinding or concaving process, thus leaving so little metal on the endto be smoothed off that there can be no danger of softening said end,and as the true point or tip b will require no finishing said tip willretain the same degree 2. A razor having an extension or false end, Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature indentures or grooves on oppositesides of in presence of two witnesses. the blade partially separatingthe false end from the blade proper, and a notch formed HERMAN GREAGER'5 in the cutting edge and communicating With Witnesses:

the said grooves, substantially for the pur- J. B. THURSTON,

pose set forth. GEORGE A. WAGNER.

